The 1970s saw sizeable growth in Australian [[fanzine]] production, in part inspired by the holding of the 1975 World Science Fiction Convention, the first time it had been held in Australia. This decade is represented by such titles as [[Gegenschein]], [[Star struck]], [[The Bionic rabbit]], the [[Cygnus Chronicler]], [[Grundoon]], [[Crux, A.D.1]], [[Gobstopper]], [[WAHF Full]], and [[Turn Left at Thursday]]. From the mid-1970s, there can be seen an increasing representation of [[fanzines]] devoted to a science fiction television program, including Dr Who, Blake’s 7, and Star Trek, with this last program represented most notably in the library’s collection with publications such as [[Terran Times]], [[ Thrall]], [[Beyond Antares]], [[Spock]], [[Constellation]], [[The Rum Rebellion]], [[Captain’s Log]], [[Captain’s Briefs]], [[Genesis]], [[Prime Directive]], [[The McCoy Tapes]], [[Truffles]], [[Sons of Kiron]], [[Ultrawarp]] and [[Locutus]].

The 1970s saw sizeable growth in Australian [[fanzine]] production, in part inspired by the holding of the 1975 World Science Fiction Convention, the first time it had been held in Australia. This decade is represented by such titles as [[Gegenschein]], [[Star struck]], [[The Bionic rabbit]], the [[Cygnus Chronicler]], [[Grundoon]], [[Crux, A.D.1]], [[Gobstopper]], [[WAHF Full]], and [[Turn Left at Thursday]]. From the mid-1970s, there can be seen an increasing representation of [[fanzines]] devoted to a science fiction television program, including Dr Who, Blake’s 7, and Star Trek, with this last program represented most notably in the library’s collection with publications such as [[Terran Times]], [[ Thrall]], [[Beyond Antares]], [[Spock]], [[Constellation]], [[The Rum Rebellion]], [[Captain’s Log]], [[Captain’s Briefs]], [[Genesis]], [[Prime Directive]], [[The McCoy Tapes]], [[Truffles]], [[Sons of Kiron]], [[Ultrawarp]] and [[Locutus]].

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From the 1980s the collection includes titles such as [[Space Wastrel]], [[Ornithopter]], [[Australian SF Bullsheet]], [[Crabapple]], [[Nemesis]], [[Xenophilia]], [[The Notional]], and [[Tigger]]. This is also the period in which the collection becomes increasingly diverse, with titles devoted to, for example, the Australian television program Prisoner, [[Prisoner - the Wentworth star]], and amateur horror fiction such as [[Skintomb]].

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From the 1980s the collection includes titles such as [[Space Wastrel]], [[Ornithopter]], [[Australian SF Bullsheet]], [[Crabapple]], [[Nemesis]], [[Xenophilia]], [[The Notional]], and [[Tigger]]. This is also the period in which the collection becomes increasingly diverse, with titles devoted to, for example, the Australian television program Prisoner, [[Prisoner - the Wentworth star]], amateur horror fiction such as [[Skintomb]], metaphysics [[Dreams and false alarms]] and Australian literature [[Weberwoman’s wrevenge]].

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The ‘boom’ in perzine and music zines produced in Australia during the 1990s is not well represented, however music zines such as [[Pig meat]], [[Beanz Baxter]], [[Ignite zine]], [[Loser friendly]], [[Nappy kill fanzine]], [[Octarine]], [[Overdrive]] and [[Pee]]; notable perzines such as [[A show of hands zine]] and [[The life and times of Mavis McKenzie]]; and literary zines including [[Milk bar]] and [[Papyrus helix]] are held. There are very limited holdings for zines produced in the 2000s, some of note include the graphic arts zine [[Open me up]], bi-lingual literary zine [[Cuando muero, sonrio]] and perzine [[Out of the bin]].

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The National Library of Australia has a fairly extensive collection of zines and fanzines, the majority of which have been received on legal deposit. The strength of the library’s zine collection is largely in the area of Australian science fiction fanzines, particularly those from the 1970s to the 1980s; in this area the Library’s collection benefited significantly from the donation of the Susan Smith-Clarke Fanzine Collection.